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Gale Warning 19, NWS Chicago, IL

March 15, 2016

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Mar 15, 2016, 2:54 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2016, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 8:49 AM CDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 15, 12:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 12:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 2:54 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT22 hr
Mar 15, 2:54 AM CDTStorm WatchLOT24 hr
Mar 15, 3:50 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more24 hr
Mar 15, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTWinnebago50 min
Mar 15, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTBoone49 min
Mar 15, 3:06 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more29 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2016Every gale warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.